High School Development

Marisa Christina Steffers

*** **** *** ******, #****

New York, NY 10029

917-***-**** (home)

646-***-**** (work)

Experience Mount Sinai Beth Israel/St. Luke’s/ Roosevelt, NY, NY 2015 - present

Financial Administration for Clinical Trial Services

Senior Contract Specialist

Draft, review and negotiate clinical trial agreements, confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements with industry and other private funders for all medical departments at 3 NYC hospitals

Prepare and review budgets for all funded and non-funded research at each institution

Prepare Medicare Cost Analyses for qualifying clinical trials at each institution

Preparation of sub-agreements for multi-center clinical trials

Submission of CMS letters for device trials

Ensure payment for Registry studies represents fair market value

Ensure consistency of all clinical trials documents (clinical trial agreements, informed consent documents and HIPAA authorization)

University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia 2007-2008

Office of Research and Institutional Development

Consultant

Responsible for all aspects of (U.S) federal grants administration

Provide education to (U.S.) federally funded Principal Investigators and Sponsored Research Program Officers on (US) Federal Grant Compliance

Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY 1999-2015

Office of Grants and Research Support

Senior Grant Manager

*Responsible for all aspects of grants administration

*Train and supervise new employees

*Assist in the development of Hospital-wide policies and procedures

*Ensure compliance with federal, state and city regulations surrounding sponsored projects and human subject research

*Assist in the development of departmental policies and procedures

*Draft, review and negotiate clinical trial agreements, confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements with industry and other private funders

*Develop, coordinate and review grants for departmental research programs

*Prepare and review budgets for all funded and non-funded research at the institution

*Author grant applications to State and Federal and foundation funders

*Act as liaison with funding agency during pre-and post- award process

*Monitor grant awards for fiscal and programmatic reporting purposes

*Signing Official for NIH grant submissions, and Administrator for the NIH ClinicalTrials.gov registry, and SPIN/InfoEd

Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY, NY 1996 - 1998

Department of Allied Health Sciences

Program Director

Health Careers Opportunity Development Program

Develop, implement and modify and education program for high-school seniors expressing an interest in a career in Allied Health

Responsible for spending/encumbrances and monitoring of $300,000 grant award

Manage day-to-day HCOP activities

Supervise a staff of 7 full- and part-time employees

Assure compliance with all fiscal and regulatory requirements

Assist with the development and implementation of evaluation methods for educational programs

Prepare statistical and progress reports to funding agency

Ensure all government reports are submitted in a timely manner

Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY, NY 1993 - 1999

Department of Allied Health Sciences

Coordinator of Special Projects

Respond to Federal and State Requests for Proposals.

Author grant applications to State and Federal and foundation funders

Maintain current accreditation status for all programs.

Prepare and write Self-Study Reports for all accredited programs.

Negotiate and maintain clinical affiliation agreements

Collaborate with Chair and Dean in the development of new programs

Conduct program assessment and

Perform statistical analysis re: retention, attrition and qualifying exam pass rates.

Puerto Rican Organization for Growth Research, Education, 1993 - 1999

and Self-Sufficiency (PROGRESS), NY, NY

Technical Assistance Consultant

Assist emerging and expanding community based organizations in:

-developing a Board of Directors

-drafting bylaws

-affirmative action compliance

-incorporation and tax-exempt status

-conducting needs assessments

-strategic development planning

-program design and development

-establishing criteria used in monitoring and evaluation

Respond to Federal and State Requests for Proposals

Harvard Language Academy, Elmhurst, NY 1991 - 1993

Teacher

Taught reading, writing and math to elementary and

junior high school students

Developed curricula for writing and critical thinking classes

Provided critical thinking seminars to high school and undergraduate students

Taught preparatory classes for standardized exams

(SSAT, SAT, TOEFL, GRE and LSAT)

CUNY Law School, Flushing NY 1990 - 1991

Writing Assistant

Taught first year class skills in case analysis and synthesis

Taught methods of applying those skills to legal writing

Provided workshops and individual conferences in connection with the first year's seminar

Awards City University of New York 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Chancellor's Award for Grantsmanship

Skills Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Medline, SPIN, SPSS, Access, Internet

Education

CUNY Law School, Flushing, NY

Juris Doctor, 1991

Hunter College, NY, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Italian, 1987

References Everett Flannery, 212-***-****

Don Des Jarlais, PhD 212-***-****

Joanne Loewy, 212-***-****

Contact this candidate